Posted by: WinyPit82
Posted by: Dredd
Probably the most pointless branch of science right now.
"Pointless" is the most inappropriate word that can be used when describing astronomy. Research in the field of astrophysics and any form of spacial science has direct application to current technological goals and advances here on Earth. Humanity has benefited an enormous amount from NASA, because a large amount of the technology used by such organizations are very useful back on Earth, or lead to very important advances.
You clearly don't understand the difference between astronomy and engineering. The creations of NASA is by no means a product derived from astronomy but from engineering practices and innovation. What you're trying to argue is that astronomy is the motivation behind NASA engineering, which does nothing to invalidate my previous claim. And the contributions of astrophysics pales in comparison to Newtonian physics, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Astrophysics is based on practical physics to begin with. But nice attempt to make it appear like you know what you're talking about.